January 31, 2016
was the last day for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress 2016 in Cebu City, Philippines that started on January 24. The closing celebrations for the event was held at the South Road Properties ​with hundreds of thousands of people.
​The afternoon was very hot,
although it rained noontime so the field were the people gathered was wet and muddy. At 2:15 PM, there were various dance presentations from different groups and at 4:00 PM, the closing mass began. The Pope gave his video message about the event where a lot of people were brought to tears. And finally, the grand fireworks display lighted up the sky above. The 51st International Eucharistic Congress 2016 in Cebu City, Philippines was a glorious success with thousands of delegates from 73 countries with Taiwan having the most at 600. The next host city will be Budapest, Hungary in 2020.
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